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OpenAI Strikes $250M Data Licensing Deal with News Corp
OpenAI has finalized a landmark multi-year partnership with News Corp, valued at more than $250 million, to integrate high-quality news content into its generative models. This deal marks a decisive shift toward licensed data assets as the industry faces increasing regulatory and scarcity pressures.
Read the briefing →EvolutionaryScale Secures $142M for Biological "World Models"
EvolutionaryScale has closed a $142 million seed round to pioneer foundation models for programmable biology. The startup's ESM3 model represents a breakthrough in biological world models, trained on the largest available datasets to simulate evolutionary processes.
Read the briefing →EvolutionaryScale Secures $142M to Scale Biological Data Models
EvolutionaryScale has raised a disclosed $142 million to develop AI models trained on vast biological datasets. The funding round signals a massive shift toward specialized, high-integrity data assets in the life sciences sector.
Read the briefing →OpenAI Acquires Rockset to Integrate Real-Time Data Indexing
OpenAI has finalized the acquisition of Rockset, a real-time analytics database, to bolster its retrieval infrastructure for enterprise-grade AI. The move signals a strategic shift toward high-velocity data integration in the race for agentic AI dominance.
Read the briefing →BlackRock to Acquire Data Provider Preqin for $3.2 Billion
BlackRock has agreed to acquire Preqin, the independent leader in private markets data, for a disclosed cash sum of $3.2 billion. The acquisition marks a massive strategic pivot toward proprietary data assets as the primary driver of AI-enhanced investment intelligence.
Read the briefing →Cisco Launches $1B AI Fund Backing Scale AI and Cohere
Cisco has unveiled a $1 billion global investment fund to accelerate the development of enterprise-grade AI solutions. The fund has already deployed nearly $200 million into foundational model and data-labeling leaders including Scale AI and Cohere.
Read the briefing →OpenAI Eyes $1T Valuation as Sam Altman Defers IPO to 2027
OpenAI has reportedly delayed its initial public offering until 2027, with CEO Sam Altman targeting a historic $1 trillion valuation. The move signals a strategic pivot toward securing the multi-billion dollar data assets required for AGI.
Read the briefing →Poolside AI Secures $400M at $2B Valuation for Code-Data LLMs
Poolside AI is finalizing an estimated $400 million funding round at a $2 billion valuation to expand its data-intensive software engineering models. The deal underscores the surging premium on high-quality, domain-specific datasets for agentic AI.
Read the briefing →News Corp and Meta Strike $50M Annual AI Data Licensing Deal
News Corp has finalized a landmark licensing agreement with Meta Platforms, reportedly worth $50 million annually, to provide high-quality editorial data for generative AI. The deal underscores the rising market floor for premium publisher archives as AI labs transition from scraping to structured licensing.
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